International Community

formed a partnership with three schools in Moshi, Tanzania at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The link schools are:

St Ann’s School
Mae Juu Primary School
Kyengia Primary School.

The Year 5/6 children researched Tanzania and looked at the geography of the country.

They contacted the children in these partner schools and exchanged information about their schools/countries etc.

In October 2009 the three head teachers from each of the Teesdale Schools travelled to Tanzania to visit the partner schools.

They were made to feel very welcome and a selection of photographs and the DVD can be seen on our website.

Following the visit, the schools have continued to work with each other.

The children in the UK organised The ‘Big Book Bag’ appeal and each of the school councils have worked together to raise funds to provide each child in their partner school with a book bag containing pens, pencils, rulers, rubber, water bottle, note pads, a small toy or game, a toothbrush and toothpaste.

They have contacted local businesses for support and to date have been successful in obtaining pencil cases, stationery, pens, pencils, toothbrushes and toothpaste. They achieved their goal by October 2010.

The head teachers from each of the partner schools visited the UK schools in May 2010.

In November 2010 the Headteachers and a member of staff from each of the UK schools visited the link schools in Tanzania and took the work that our children had been doing on the topic of sport, games and having fun! They also took lots of playtime games that were received with great excitement. The UK staff taught the children a variety of games and the Tanzanian children and staff taught the UK staff games to bring back and teach the UK children.

The Headteachers and a member of staff from each of the Tanzanian schools came over to visit the UK schools bringing with them a variety of foodstuffs for the children to try, as this was the next part of the joint topic work

It is hoped that this project will continue for a further three years covering a variety of topics.

Ofsted – Outstanding

“This is an outstanding school. ‘Our children love going to school, they work hard, make excellent progress and have fun’ is a typical comment that reflects parents’ unanimous support for the school.” Ofsted 2009

SIAMS – Outstanding

“The effectiveness and distinctiveness of Bowes Hutchinson’s Church of England Primary School as a Church of England School are outstanding. Religious Education has a high status in school and is taught creatively. Christian values form the foundation stone on which the school's achievements are built.” SIAMS Inspection 2014

School Creed

"This is our school,
Let peace dwell here
Let the rooms be full of contentment,
Let love abide here,
Love of mankind,
Love of life itself,
And love of God,
Let us remember
That as many hands build a house,
So many hearts made a school"